WORD

Description

HVCCA has a history of exhibitions that feature artists from the international community,
some with established careers and stellar reputations as well as those just emerging
onto the art stage. WORD is HVCCA’s first open call juried exhibition purposed to
highlight talented regional artists who prominently feature ‘a word’ or ‘words’ in their
artistic productions. Some 140 artists applied and 45 artists were selected. These newer
and lesser known works will sit side by side with works of artists such as Beatrice Coron,
Dylan Graham (Netherlands), Anne Hamilton (US 1999 Venice Biennale artist), John
Cougar Mellencamp, Jeffrey Gibson, Job Koelewijn (Netherlands), Laura Kimpton (SLS
Miami, Burning Man, California) and Robert Indiana.
Words have appeared historically as artistic forms in illuminated manuscripts, in Arabic
text on the walls of mosques and in its mosaic murals, on Chinese calligraphic scrolls.
‘Word’ as contemporary art form has been popularized by contemporary artists Ruche,
Wiener, Kruger and Holzer, Anastasi and others. Words have the power to hurt and to
heal, to be offered as prayer or diatribe. Some of these ‘word’ facets will be explored in
the works presented at the HVCCA. Education programs, word performances and
readings by renowned poets Gerald Stern and Cindy Beer Fouhy, will enhance the
visual exhibition at the HVCCA.